Pub. L. 102–291, § 1(c),May 20, 1992, 106 Stat. 178, provided that: “Any action of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in maintaining a Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in the Republic of the Philippines under section
315(b) of title
38, United States Code, during the period beginning on October 1, 1991, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act [May 20, 1992] is hereby ratified with respect to that period.”